How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
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& P @/ ?5 A" w- ]9 o" n+ {& h公仔箱論壇The clear and present dangerTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# `7 C' G9 b5 {4 Q9 t
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If the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain as3 c3 U+ x9 D8 ^( i& k
picturesque after a hundred years, with cows and goats roaming all over1 }; K1 L; Q& G7 N
the country sparsely populated by humans.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- ~9 c/ s1 ]7 E; u; |
- i9 B! u! M3 y- |* eA hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
1 l3 u" W" S& G. d7 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many
7 I( B: W( c9 }3 L0 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbnew-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those
- T/ n* o V( }0 [1 c+ P& V8 Kos.tvboxnow.comof migrants.
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How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?os.tvboxnow.com5 G2 I2 j, |8 ]4 @8 A/ B' L
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Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sightTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* C& r% V- A; D/ [
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He said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays
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The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of
# S: q0 M/ Y7 H2 l# }the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,公仔箱論壇) x, i1 b/ F& ?; k9 M3 a5 T' r- Z
but because those who could afford would have sent their children
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# H& ?4 Z0 f6 `0 v u"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the0 d) w, y; ?$ Q) c+ U5 s
country's Islamisation inclination more and more pronounced."
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8 @$ ~' q. T& |# |* y: `1 |Statistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems
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MM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarks
6 O% X' q) J: \0 L公仔箱論壇have touched the hearts of many a Malaysian.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 Z8 h1 q8 r" v" J2 J( }
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If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we can+ V$ u$ D) l" i% e6 b4 G. b
imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a
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carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch aos.tvboxnow.com# x$ g% X0 A6 M6 ^
glimpse of one or two of them.
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$ F) `6 p5 c9 s" d公仔箱論壇That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we
8 d# S, M2 n7 R: Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbwill not be reduced to a rare species by then. Z; g0 D) L5 z7 m8 P; H
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The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady
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they will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressive
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.公仔箱論壇$ k7 c( _ p4 w2 c* A
& H9 P v* E0 T/ ]% D( lBut Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait
9 n% _8 F0 e5 V. Z+ b公仔箱論壇helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.
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They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and
- F* O" X' |' l# f7 I! J/ dbe in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such aos.tvboxnow.com& _& Q9 w0 F& K# @, v
predestination.
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: J% o* Z1 s4 n) K. [The next ten years will be key to the future destiny of ChineseTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。0 z+ ]6 R0 _' X: I: I+ R# {
Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and moreos.tvboxnow.com- p$ G) m t. Q4 h3 z |
ethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chinese
* |$ D* M: f" S公仔箱論壇community is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians will
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conflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, the
7 q4 s1 R, g( Dcommon Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit ofos.tvboxnow.com; T; q+ o$ k* z k! g8 u5 ?# V
secularity stays very much relevant, then Chinese Malaysians will have a
$ g# X/ E. s8 R# l: W& Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbmuch more promising future here.
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Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most important4 J8 Q( q* ~: x( |& @3 m
element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will( X9 K5 S. T. m
be their very own competitiveness.
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% E8 @4 G8 i5 fTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。In this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
0 U- Z9 a6 V7 @obscured, people will find a greener pasture beyond our shores if our
|; j& h$ s" @2 O3 F4 Dinternal conditions remain this bleak.
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years
+ Y9 @( C; r5 L. d公仔箱論壇from now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities.
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Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking- l% H% |& L5 Q
place within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese5 ^3 H: b" \4 \" e/ S
community further, blurring their vision of the clear and present
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& e) ?& V' b7 J5 f: g* ]3 o) }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhat the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre and
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